Elfrieda M. Timbrook
Nov 4, 2014
Elfrieda M. (Borell) Timbrook, 88, Emporia, died at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Elfrieda M. Borell was born at Wilson, Kansas on May 1, 1926 the daughter of George H. and Amelia (Becker) Borell. She married William Kenneth “Kenny” Timbrook at Emporia, Kansas on December 25, 1947. Kenny died June 10, 2013. Surviving family members include her daughters,...
Brenda Sue Urton
Oct 31, 2014
Brenda Sue Urton, 53, of Olpe, Kansas, died at Newman Regional Health, Emporia, Kansas, on Friday, October 31, 2014. Brenda was born in Topeka, Kansas on October 28, 1961. She married Charlie Thomas on December 13, 1980 in Council Grove, Kansas, they later divorced. She married Gary Odgers in May of 1988 in Daytona Beach, Florida, and they also divorced....
Margaret "Peggy" Mary Palmer
Oct 30, 2014
Margaret Mary “Peggy” Palmer, 78, of rural Reading, Kansas, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at her home. Cremation is planned with no services at this time. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Margaret Palmer Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Known to some as Peggy and to most as just “Grandma,” Margaret had an extraordinary life. It’s...
Norma L. Hoag
Oct 28, 2014
Norma L. Hoag, 82, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at her home. Norma was born on November 1, 1931, the daughter of Thomas W. and Serena J. Frazier Powell. She married Grover Berrong on December 14, 1948 in Galatia, Illinois. He died in March of 1971. She later married John (Jack) Hoag in 1984. He died in...
Norman Dennis Bullington
Oct 27, 2014
Norman Dennis Bullington, 61, of Emporia, Kansas, died at his home on Monday, October 27, 2014. Dennis was born in Wichita, Kansas, on May 26, 1953, the son of Roy Lee and Mary Catherine (Krueger) Bullington. Surviving family members include his sisters, Betty K. White (Perry) of Emporia, and Mary L. Knoeppel (William) of Olathe, Kansas; brothers, Charles R. Bullington...
James L. Melton
Oct 26, 2014
James L. Melton, 86, boarded the train on Sunday, October 26, 2014 in Emporia for his last ride that would take him to Heaven to be with his beloved Babe, who has been waiting 24 years for him. James was born on September 5, 1928 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of N.C. and Chrystel Melton. He married Lucille (Babe) Lodle...
Marion Johnson
Oct 26, 2014
Marion Johnson, 89, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Holiday Resort, Emporia. He was a retired trucker and school bus driver. Marion was born November 22, 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was raised by his mother and stepfather, Lydia Strupp Sill and Reuben Sill. He is survived by a son, Brett Johnson of Emporia; two daughters, Brenda...
Clara Eckdall
Oct 24, 2014
Clara Regina Maurycy Eckdall was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1918, to Polish immigrant parents, Josephine, nee Draus, and Jan Maurycy. She was the youngest of seven children in a family devoted to education and a better life in the United States. Her father had been a blacksmith and her mother a head cook on an estate in Poland...
John H. Senn
Oct 23, 2014
John H. Senn, 90, passed away October 23, 2014, after a short stay at Holiday Resort, Emporia, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1924 in Emporia, the only child of Henry Senn and Tracy Mayes Senn. After graduating from Emporia High School, class of 1942, John served in the U.S. Army, 142nd AAA Gun Battalion at Battle of the Bulge,...
Billye Fruit
Oct 22, 2014
Billye (Authement) Fruit, 88, of rural Emporia, Kansas, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Billye West was born July 3, 1926 at Granger, Texas, the daughter of Lee and Charlotte (Bean) West. She married LeRoy Authement September 29 1943. He died in 1977 at Lake Charles, Louisiana. Later, she married Dan O. Fruit on November 16, 1992...
Patricia M. Mercer
Oct 21, 2014
Patricia M. Mercer, 76, of Emporia, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at her home. Patricia May Davidson, the daughter of Wayne Harvey and Lillian Easterling Davidson, was born January 2, 1938 in Emporia. She worked at Longbine Chevrolet in the parts department for 25 years, retiring eleven years ago. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Pat...
Edwin W. Shepherd
Oct 21, 2014
Edwin W. Shepherd, Emporia, Kansas, died at Flint Hills Care Center on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the age of 80. Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home on Friday, October 31, 2014 at 2:00 P.M., conducted by Allen Wilson, Victory Fellowship Foursquare Church, Emporia. Edwin was born in Gridley, Kansas on October 17,...
Stuart B. Johnson
Oct 18, 2014
Stuart B. Johnson, formerly of Emporia, Kansas, and a resident of Golden Living Center, Eskridge, Kansas, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Eskridge. He was 58. Cremation has occurred. A service of committal will be held in the churchyard of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Emporia, on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Rev....
Lois E. Keating
Oct 16, 2014
Lois E. Keating, 96, Emporia, Kansas, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. Lois McNulty was born in Waverly, Kansas, on May 23, 1918, the daughter of William C. and Grace (Hull) McNulty. She married Frank Keating in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas on March 1, 1940. He died in 1985. Surviving family members include her daughters,...
Jeanette Hoy
Oct 13, 2014
Jeanette Hoy, 75, Emporia, Kansas, passed away at her home on Monday, October 13, 2014. Frances Jeanette Hoy was born in Allen, Kansas, on April 8, 1939, the daughter of Ernest and Avanell (Bartram) Dilley. Surviving family members include: her husband, John P. Hoy, of the home; daughter, Gina Adams, Emporia; son, Tom Hoy, Indio, California; her mother, Avenell Wagaman,...
Roberto Reyes Carranza
Oct 12, 2014
Roberto Reyes Carranza of Emporia died Sunday, October 12, 2014. He was 56. Roberto worked at Tyson Fresh Meats for 20 years. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 P.M., Saturday October 18, 2014 at St. Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia, with Fr. John Cordes, Celebrant. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia. The Rosary will be recited...
Joan J. Henoch
Oct 12, 2014
Joan J. Henoch, 87, of Emporia, Kansas, died Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. Joan J. Johnson, the daughter of Wesley Johnson and Rachel Nance, was born May 30, 1927 in Manhattan, Kansas. She married Dean U. Henoch on July 29, 1945 in Junction City, Kansas. He survives of Emporia. Other surviving members of the family include: two...
Dorothy May Haynes
Oct 11, 2014
Dorothy May Haynes, 92, formerly of Emporia, passed away October 11, 2014, in McKinney, Texas. She was born February 27, 1922, in Alma, Kansas. Dorothy is survived by her sister, Helen Tenbrink of Rowlett, Texas; her four children, John Haynes of Shawnee, Kansas, Mark Haynes of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Janet Miller of Fairview, Texas, and Karen Bowers of LeCompton, Kansas,...
Harold Eugene Bedner
Oct 10, 2014
Harold Eugene Bedner, 80, of Emporia, Kansas died on Friday, October 10, 2014 at his cabin at Lake Kahola. Harold was born on December 7, 1933 in Emporia, the son of CJ and Lola Lee Tucker Bedner. He married Patricia Ross on June 26, 1954 in Emporia. She survives. Other survivors include: daughters, Dianne Smith and husband Gary, of Bushong,...
Harold Lloyd Stuttle
Oct 10, 2014
Harold Lloyd Stuttle 79, of rural Olpe, Kansas, died Friday, October 10, 2014 at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. Harold Lloyd Stuttle, the son of Harold Loyson and Hilda E. Joregenson Stuttle, was born May 10, 1935 on the family farm west of Olpe. He is survived by his sister, Gladys E. Toso, Emporia; his longtime companion, Marie...
